Responses to the Coup d'etat in Honduras on Sunday June 28, with special emphasis on producing English-language versions of commentaries by Honduran scholars and editorial writers and addressing the confusion encouraged by lack of basic knowledge about Honduras.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Press sources up and down...

[Revised 12:51, 1:12, 1:44, 2:06 PDT]

Is the de facto regime worried? you be the judge. Cholusat reports being menaced with a takedown. Radio Globo is running on backup power, and Adrienne Pine reports that Radio Progreso cited a military convey sent against them was repelled by citizens mobilizing outside their station. Meanwhile, their website seems to have been hijacked and redirects you to other media, such as HRN, the national (pro-coup) radio network.

And now (2:06 PDT) with Radio Globo streaming over the internet, their website carries a notice that says their "account has been suspended". Oh, how clever the sabotage can be... but we are still listening!

Meanwhile, La Prensa has advised that it cannot update its website, and advises readers to follow its Twitter feed.

El Heraldo is directing readers to Facebook, for its part.

And here I originally argued this revolution would not be a new media phenomenon...

2 comments:

We're listening to it via the Internet. It is clear that they are under attack: they keep losing contact with reporters, and during a phone call with Xiomara de Zelaya, the signal was cut; the reporter on Radio Globo suggested there might be an attempt to cut off the power to the Brazilian Embassy.

We have Radio Globo and Radio Progreso via the Internet right now, but it is on and off...